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Canally Almond Orchards
Acquisition of 9 dryland cropping farms to create a greenfield horticultural development land bank with access to two rivers for water security.
Location
Sunraysia, NSW
Area
10,000 Ha
Acquisition of 9 dryland cropping farms to create a greenfield horticultural development land bank with access to two rivers for water security.
Sunraysia, NSW
10,000 Ha
In partnership with a US Agricultural Fund, the Canally Aggregation commenced development in 2016 of a large scale almond development with the capability to be Australia’s third largest almond producer at completion. Full development is forecast for 2023.
Canally is located in the Sunraysia region, one of Australia’s major almond growing regions, where significant institutional investment has been made in the almond industry and its supply chain across processing, logistics and people.
of almond orchards developed
staff employed
trees planted
of water-efficient drip tube laid
Canally sits at the junction of two of Australia’s largest and most reliable irrigation rivers, the Murray and Murrumbidgee.
Canally comprises of predominantly red sandy loams and light sandy clay soils that are free draining, being ideal for horticulture. Significant investment was made to quantify the soil potential and its production optionality.
Canally is a large-scale aggregation of approximately 9,000Ha, with over 60% of the land ideally-suited to growing almonds. This is one of the largest, connected, horticultural aggregations in Australia.
This investment directly employs 60 locals and supports many more indirectly.
